Dan_Myers
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- Aug 26, 2001
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Hi everyone,
I just upgraded from a Sony HT-in-a-Box.
I now am using a Onkyo 575X to power 5 NHT SuperZero's and a Velodyne CT100.
Here is my question. I have not purchased a DVD player yet, nor have I upgraded my Sat. Receiver. Because of this I have no way of using Dolby Digital or DTS. I wanted to do some testing so I borrowed a buddies DVD player. Only later to realize that he had a old DVD player that didn't pass DD or DTS to the receiver. All I have from it is Pro-Logic. I have it setup to send the the audio to the Onkyo through its PCM digital. The thing I notice is that when I have an audio CD playing in either Stereo or 5-Channel Stereo it is considerably louder then when I am watching a DVD in Pro-Logic mode. Is this because of the way that Pro-Logic is derived from 2 channels? Can I expect a better performance once I upgrade my Sat. Receiver, or purchase a DVD player that will do 5.1?
I wonder about this because when watching a DVD I have the volume set to about 60 or 62. Since it max's out at 75 (or is it 78) am I running my receiver pretty hard? With a CD playing the volume is under 50. Could this also just be that the DVD player I am using is not doing a good job of sending the audio to the Onkyo? It is a Toshiba but a few years old.
TIA
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- Dan
I just upgraded from a Sony HT-in-a-Box.
I now am using a Onkyo 575X to power 5 NHT SuperZero's and a Velodyne CT100.
Here is my question. I have not purchased a DVD player yet, nor have I upgraded my Sat. Receiver. Because of this I have no way of using Dolby Digital or DTS. I wanted to do some testing so I borrowed a buddies DVD player. Only later to realize that he had a old DVD player that didn't pass DD or DTS to the receiver. All I have from it is Pro-Logic. I have it setup to send the the audio to the Onkyo through its PCM digital. The thing I notice is that when I have an audio CD playing in either Stereo or 5-Channel Stereo it is considerably louder then when I am watching a DVD in Pro-Logic mode. Is this because of the way that Pro-Logic is derived from 2 channels? Can I expect a better performance once I upgrade my Sat. Receiver, or purchase a DVD player that will do 5.1?
I wonder about this because when watching a DVD I have the volume set to about 60 or 62. Since it max's out at 75 (or is it 78) am I running my receiver pretty hard? With a CD playing the volume is under 50. Could this also just be that the DVD player I am using is not doing a good job of sending the audio to the Onkyo? It is a Toshiba but a few years old.
TIA
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- Dan